Spool-holder



(No Model.)

W. H. DENNEY.

, SPOOL HOLDER.

No. 461,701. 7 Patented Oot.20,1891.

N WJINVENTUR.

as co Pnq-ro-umm, msnmswu n c UNiTED STATES H'ATENT OFFICE.

lVILLIAM H. DENNEY, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

S-POOL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 461,701, dated October 20, 1891.

Serial No. 391,974. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM H. DENNEY, of Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spool-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanyi ng drawings, which form part of this specification. 7

My invention relates to an improvement in spool-holders; and it consists in certain novel features of construction, which will be fully described hereinafter, and referred to in the claim. 7

The object of my invention is to produce a combined Weight and spool-holder which is adapted to be placed upon patterns, papers, or cloths for the use of tailors, housekeepers, or other persons who have use for such a device, and which will both hold the pattern, papers, or cloth and at the same time form a receptacle for one or more spools of cotton or silk, whereby the cotton or silk is convenient and prevented from rolling around on a table or falling upon the floor, as would otherwise be the case, and to so construct the holder that spools are readily inserted and removed therefrom, and which is very simple and cheap to manufacture.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a combined holder which embodies my invention complete. Fig. 21s a vertical longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the removable end of the holder.

The holder proper consists of a hollow metal box A, having one end thereof provided with a removable cap 13, both of which will be of any suitable shape or construction that may be preferred. Extending through this box A are one or more spindles O D, which pass through the spools E, that are placed within the box. One of the spindles will have one of its ends either rigidly secured to the inner side of the box opposite the removable end or its opposite end secured to the inner side of the removable cover, as may be preferred, and the opposite end of this spindle will preferably extend into an opening made either in the removable end piece'B, as shown, or in the opposite integral end of the box, according as to whether the spindle is secured to the box or to the removable end, as will be readily understood. The other spindle is provided with a screw or angular head and its opposite end screw-threaded, so that it can be removed and passed through an opening either in the removable end piece or in the integral end of the box and through the central opening of one of the spools into a screw-threaded opening in the opposite end of the box, and by means of which the removable end is clamped into position. Formed through the top of the box are a number of slots F, which have one end extending to the outer side of the box,

which is provided with a removable end, and through these openings the threads from the spools within the weight are passed. This construction forms open-ended slots, as shown, so that when the end piece is removed the spools can be placed within the weight and the thread passed through the open ends of the slots more readily and conveniently than could be done if the slots did not have one end to extend outward to the outer edge of the box, in which instance it would be necessary to thread the strand through the opening instead of passing it through the open end of the slot, as here shown.

In order to hold the end piece in place and to prevent the threads which pass through the slots from wedgin g between the end piece and the edges of the open end of the box, I provide the removable end piece with .an inwardly-extending flange G, which overlaps the open ends of the slots and closes them. This inwardly-extending flange is preferably formedentirelyaroundtheend piece,as shown, though I do not desire to limit myself in this respect, as it may be readily understood that the object would be accomplished by merely having a flange or flanges upon the inner face of the removable end piece which would overlap the open ends of the slots. By means of this construction, when it is desired to remove empty spools or to place spools within the weight, it is only necessary to unscrew the clamping-spindle, which will release the removable end piece, and then the spools can be removed or placed therein, as may be desired. The open-ended slots enable the thread to be passed through their ends as the spool is placed in the weight, and then the removable end is clamped in position. The flanges extending therefrom close the ends of the slots and prevent the threads from passing out the open ends of the slots and getting between the removable end and the edge of the box. 7

I preferably extend the ends of the box or weight below the bottom thereof, which form supporting-flanges for the weight, and thereby enable it to set level and steady upon su rfaces which are somewhat uneven, which would not be the case it the flanges were not Without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, I clairn A spool-holder consisting of a hollow body portion having an open end and slots in its top, which extend to the open end of the said body portion, a removable end piece having a flange which extends over the open ends of the slots, a spindle which passes horizontally through the body portion from end to end and detachably secured therein, whereby the removable end piece is clamped in place, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

M. IT. DENNEY.

Witnesses:

GEO. H. STRICKLER, JACOB HALBACH. 

